10 ACCOUNT OF A BOY 



" On the fifth day he got out of bed, and was brought into 

 a room having an equal and moderate light. He walked about 

 the room readily ; and the expression of his countenance was 

 much altered, having acquired that look which indicated the 

 enjoyment of vision. Indeed, he always walked about, before 

 the operation, with much freedom ; and even on a very ruo-ged 

 and unequal road, he did not appear to suffer in the least from 

 any jolting. 



" He appeared well acquainted with the furniture of the 

 room, having lived in it several days previous to the opera- 

 tion ; but though he evidently distinguished, and attempted to 

 touch objects which were placed before him, judging pretty- 

 accurately of their distances, yet he seemed to trust little to 

 the information given by his eye, and always turned away his 

 head, while he felt accurately over the whole surfaces of the 

 bodies presented to him. 



" On the sixth day he appeared stronger, and amused him- 

 self a good deal with looking out of the window, seeming to 

 observe the carts and carriages which were passing in the 

 street. On putting a shilling on the middle of a table, he in- 

 stantly laid his hand upon it. 



" On the seventh day the inflammation was nearly gone, 



and he observed a piece of white paper of this size ^ j lying 



on the table. I took him into the street, and he appeared 

 much interested in the busy scene around him ; and at times 

 seemed frightened. A post supporting a scaffold, at the dis- 

 tance of two or three yards from him, chiefly attracted his no- 

 tice, and he timorously approached it, groping, and stretching 

 out his hand cautiously until he touched it." 



Of these very valuable facts Mr Wardrop has left us to form 

 our own judgment. To myself, I must own, that, due allow- 

 ances 



